Miners Demand Thirty Percent Wage Increase Protest
Akron dispatch reports multiple fatalities and numerous injuries from a string of auto accidents and an explosion. A stalled truck with steel girders caused one death and three serious injuries when hit by cars. Additional victims include a Goodyear employee, a Clarke Provision official, an electrician, a child run over, and three brothers burned by dynamite powder after a bonfire. Police cite unclear causes and ongoing investigations.
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Akron. O
Harry Hirsch
Bert C. Maillard
Goodyear
Lawrence Kiefer
Clarke Provision Company
Maillards
Paul Miller
Kiefer
B. F. Goodrich
Children’s Hospital
Red Cross Worker Heads to Constantinople from U S
Miss Margaret Milne of New York and Washington departs soon for Constantinople to join Near East relief efforts. She has been prominently identified with Red Cross activities in the capital.
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RED Cross
Constantinople
Margaret Milne
New York
Washington
Mine union to reconvene on wage and hour demands
A new United Mine Workers convention will reconvene to decide on wage and hour terms after talks with operators. John Lewis says a sixty percent wage rise and a thirty hour week were mandated, while operators’ offers exceed twenty five percent. Government officials monitor the price impact on coal.
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Ralph FP Couch
United Press
Washington
United Mineers
John Lewis
Mary Wilson
Palmer
Rafl Hines
Attorn
Ames
Akron Mystery Mourns Two Fatalities In One Day
In Akron Ohio a 28 year old Black woman, Olive Green, was murdered with a blunt instrument. Coroner Kent suspects John Vatoletti, found unconscious in North Akron, died en route to hospital, likely murder.
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Akron. O
Olive Green
Cc. H. Kent
John Vatoletti
Akron
Mexico Rival Note on Jenkins Case Expected Soon
Washington reports that Mexico's reply to the U S note demanding the release of William O Jenkins, the U S consular agent imprisoned at Puebla, is due to be presented to Secretary Lansing within a day or two. Observers expect an evasive reply and a possible refusal to release on grounds of alleged conspiracy with Carranza rebels. The U S still hopes for Jenkins release or an apology, while the Mexican embassy says no crisis exists.
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Washington
Mexico
William O. Jenkins
United States
Puebla
Lansing
Jenkins
Carranza
Mexico City
Election of officers for Masons set Tuesday evening
Masons vote on new officers Tuesday evening November 25. Secretary J A Palmer and Worshipful Master Roy Hinchman listed in official notice.
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J. A. Palmer
Roy Hinchman
W. M
Redmen district meeting set for Thanksgiving evening
Redmen of this district will meet at Redmen's Hall in Athens on Thursday November 27 at 7:00 PM. The Great Schem of Ohio will attend and the Chief's Deagree will be conferred by Kill Eagle of Nelsonville. All members urged to attend.
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Redmen
Redmen’s Hall
Athens
Schem
Ohio
Kill Eagle Tr
Nelsonville
R. C. Brickles
Foreigners Held for Murder of Young Wife in Rochester
In Rochester on November 24 three men were arrested for complicity in the murder of 21 year old Mrs Sofia Fischera whose head was nearly severed and found five days earlier in her kitchen. The husband John Fischera 27 is among the suspects and others are Charles Lipani 25 and an additional Buffalo man.
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Rochester
N. Y
Sofia. Fischera
John Fischera
Charles Lipani
Buffalo Girt
Mogadore Mayor A A Stout Arrested on DUI Charge
Akron A A Stout 57 mayor of Mogadore was arrested on a charge of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated.
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Akron
A. A. Stout
Mogadore
McAdoo Calls for Mining Wage Increase Halt Until Tax Returns
McAdoo urges that coal operators not raise prices until income tax returns for 1917 and 1918 are examined. He cites 1917 profits of 15 to 2900 percent on capital stock, argues high earnings justify paying miners higher wages, and calls for public release of the operators’ tax data. He warns against allowing windfall profits to be passed to the public.
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Treasury Department
McAdoo
Treasury
Wife of General Alderson Decorated for War Work
The wife of General Sir Edwin Alderson is decorated with the Order of the British Empire for her war service. Since peace, she has aided families of soldiers killed in battle while her husband commanded a Canadian corps.
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Alders
Sir Edwin Alderson
Alderson
Harley Gets Offer for Columbus Senators Outfield 1920
Columbus Ohio November 24 1920 President Tinker announced readiness to offer Hall a contract for Chic Harley to play outfield for the Columbus Senators next season. The move signals strong intent to secure Harley for the 1920 baseball campaign.
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Harley
Columbus, O
Columbus Senators
Tinker
Senators
Hall
Hot dogs in favor at Wellesley fudge shortage
Sugar shortages hit fudge lovers at Wellesley College as students switch to hot dogs. The playful report notes the shift as a humorous response to limited sweet supplies.
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Wellesley
Mass
Wellesley College
Russian Reds Smuggled Into States From All Sides
New York dispatch reports the house immigration committee data show dangerous radicals entering the United States at about 100 daily. Russian reds are said to reach Switzerland, Tokyo, and Yokohama and be guided to Mexico and then into the U S by Soviet agents. The committee reopens Ellis Island tests to find lax enforcement and possible legal fixes.
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New York
United States
House Committee On Immigration
Department of Labor
Johnson
Switzerland
Tokio
Yokohama
Mexico
Atlantic
Pacific
Tion
Ellis Island
Reward Offered for Stolen Blue Specked Hound
A blue specked hound was stolen from the John Hashman home on Sugar Creek Sunday night. A $50 reward is offered for the recovery of the dog and the arrest of the thief. Call 2 on 56.
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John Hashman
Sugar Creek
Bake sale to raise funds for college delegates
The Athens Friendship Circle hosts a bake sale in Lostro Garage under Miss Grover at 9 A M on Wednesday. Miss Helen Hudson of the YWCA has arranged college girls to cooperate, aiming to raise a large sum for delegates to the International convention in Des Moines Iowa. All items are homemade to serve Thanksgiving dinner.
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Athens Friendship Circle
Grover
Lostro Garage
Helen Hudson
Des Moines
Iowa
Labor party adopts impeachment resolution against Indiana judge
The National Labor Party in Chicago adopts a unanimous resolution demanding the impeachment of Judge A B Anderson of the Indiana federal district court for issuing an injunction against coal operators as unconstitutional. Ten thousand copies are ordered printed and circulated nationwide. A second resolution protests deportation of Hindus alleged to be involved in revolutionary activities, arguing return to India risks death under British rule.
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Chicago
A B. Anderson
Indiana
National Labor Party
United States
Robert M. Buck
Anderson
India
False report ends political meeting in Atlanta
Police hunt a man who started a false report that President Wilson was dead during Vice President Marshall's speech at an Atlanta mass meeting. Marshall paused, left the stage, and Governor Dorsey urged prayers as the crowd filed out while officials denied any death. In Poughkeepsie two high school stories note fashion in gym class.
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Atlanta
Marshall
Wilson
George Washington
Abraham Lincoln
Charles J. Haden
Washington
Dorsey Rose
God
White House
Adjustable handle aids new saw in making horizontal cuts
An adjustable handle lets the new saw perform horizontal cuts with ease. It highlights ergonomic design and user friendly operation for precise crosswise slicing.
Huntington Easy Win Over Rio Grande
Huntington Hi s Big Red football machine defeated Rio Grande College 38 to 0 in Huntington. Carter shaped the game as left tackle star, with Martin and Captain Stewart close behind as key backs. After a tight 6 to 0 first half, Huntington surged with five second half touchdowns mainly on end runs and passes as substitutes entered to rest starters before the Athens Thanksgiving clash.
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Huntington
W. Va
Rio Grande College
Huntington Hi
Big Red
Carter
Martin
Stewart
Collegians
Athens
Hind in Trae of Mang Boat on Upper Lakes
Sault Ste. Marie Mich Nov 24 After a 36 hour search no trace had been found of any of the 18 crew of the steamer Myron owned by C W Blodgett Bay City which went down off White Fish Point during Saturday's gale The Myron bound from Munising with lumber lost the barge Miztee which later was found without cargo The US submarine chaser 438 searched for survivors or lifeboats The Myron built 1888 at Grand Haven is 186 feet long It was the third ship to go down in Lake Superior this fall following H E Runnells and John Owen
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Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Myron
C. W. Blodgett Company
Bay City
White Fish Point
Walter R. Neal
Miztee
Argus
United States
Rail chiefs weigh new wage proposal in overtime talks
Five hundred general chairmen of the four big railroad brotherhoods met in Cleveland to consider Walker D. Hines proposed time and a half overtime pay for slow freight service. Warren S. Stone chaired the three day conference with no verdict expected yet on the wider wage question for all railroad workers.
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Cleveland, O
Walker D. Hines
Warren S. Stone
Ing
Hines
Turkeys Delivered From Pratts Fork Farm Crops
Mr and Mrs F E Helwig of Pratts Fork shipped 110 turkeys to Coe Brothers of Albany this week at 34 cents per pound earning 524 62 for the season. The note highlights the turkey industry’s importance to Athens county farms.
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F. E. Helwig
Pratts Fork
Coe Brothers
Albany
Athens County
Fatal car train crash near Solon Aurora kills Coup family
Irvin E. Coup aged 42 and his son Warl, 20, die when their car collides with an Erie Railroad train between Solon and Aurora, about 25 miles from Cleveland. A woman about 24 is killed. another male passenger dies later in hospital.
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Cleveland, O
Irvin E. Coup
Warl
Solon
Aurora
Erie
Earl Doup
Cleveland
Earl
Doup
Bond
Burton
Sugar Prices Hold Steady In Toledo Market
Toledo on Monday shoppers still pay fourteen and a half cents per pound for sugar as wholesalers limit supply to stretch it through the week. Grocers fear a rise to fifteen and a half cents. Frederick R. Hathaway, secretary of the Toledo Sugar Co and Michigan Sugar Co, notes the government may seize the entire beet sugar crop.
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Toledo, CO
Toledo
Frederick R. Hathaway
Toledo Sugar Company
Michigan Sugar Co
Paul Karltz Detained Over Chemises Found by Police
Chicago police detain Paul Karltz after discovering a package containing eight chemises. He claims he is en route to a shimmy party and asks how such a event could be staged without chemises.
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Chicago
Paul Karltz
Dallas county jail bans marriages inside facility
County Jailer Yeager rules no more jail marriages in Dallas saying couples must wed elsewhere. The decision ends civil ceremonies conducted within the Dallas jail and affects couples seeking to marry on premises.
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Dallas
Tex
Yeager
Local Man Warns Burglars Not To Break Glass
Bert L. Davis of Belfast warns burglars in a local paper plea not to break the glass and says the house key is hidden under the ash can.
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Belfast
Bert L. Davis
Judge Imposes Weeky Bath Sentence on Mrs Frances Prokup
Milwaukee judge Backus sentences Mrs Frances Prokup to a bath once a week for two years and to attend church each Sunday as a cleansing penalty. The unusual measure accompanies her case in a local court filing dated November 24.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Backus
Frances Prokup
Twenty-Eight Die In Range Hall Dance Hall Fire
At Villa Platte Louisiana a dance hall fire killed twenty eight people with fourteen crushed on a collapsing stair and fourteen burned on the second floor. An oil drum explosion beneath the boiler is suspected as the ignition.
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Villa Platte
Coal miners and operators near clash over wage raise
Washington and Richmond reports detail a looming stalemate as miners push for a thirty percent wage rise while operators seek a five to six high price adjustment. Cabinet members and officials including Palmer and Wilson weigh government action as troops move toward coal regions for potential arbitration. State governors consider militiaman deployments to quell tensions and resume production.
Special meets confer degrees on November 25
A notice announces a special meets confer degrees event on Tuesday November 25. Refreshments will be provided. Members are requested to be present. Signed Co V Strawn C of R dated 11 22 24.
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Co. V. Strawn
C. of
Supreme Court Adjourns Without Ruling on Wartime Prohibition
The Supreme Court adjourned today until December 8 without announcing any decision on the constitutionality of wartime prohibition or the legality of 2.78 percent beer. Justice deliberations and potential opinions remain pending as the session pauses.
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Washington
Supreme Court
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